Author: Momma Birdy

Momma Birdy is the loving, loyal, and faithful wife to Guy Baker for over 25 years. She is a domestic engineer, retired homeschool mom, and an avid student of the Bible. She began blogging at her daughter's request to share her thoughts with the world.
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My Struggle with Anxiety and Depression {Part 3}

My Struggle with Anxiety and Depression {Part 3}

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Through my struggle I have learned a lot about how diet, exercise and hormones play a big roll in our body's ability to process stress. When we are partaking of a poor diet (high in sugar, processed foods, empty carbs, etc.) and when we are not guarding our thoughts (continuously thinking on things that stress us out or get us worked up) we are stressing our body. When we are on high alert from something...Read More
My struggle with anxiety and depression {Part 2}

My struggle with anxiety and depression {Part 2}

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In December of 2009 my anxiety and depression could no longer be hidden, or staved off by St. John’s Wort. My husband lovingly sat down beside me and said, “Enough is enough, make an appointment to see the doctor. I will take off work and take you.” It had been a really hard year for me and I was at a point that I just couldn’t function.  The doctor prescribed escitalopram. This medication helps with...Read More
My struggle with anxiety and depression {Part 1}

My struggle with anxiety and depression {Part 1}

Posted on by Momma Birdy
There was a time in my life that I thought that my faith was weak, and sometimes that “stinking thinking” returns to haunt me. On my sunny days I felt like my faith was strong. How can my faith be like a yo-yo? Up, down, up, down…how could my faith be so dependent upon my mental health, my emotional wellbeing? The reason that I believed that my faith was weak during my dark days was...Read More
Hiding Behind a Mask

Hiding Behind a Mask

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Hiding Depression and Anxiety We all have an image that we want others to see. Everyone has a facade of some sort. For instance, as much as I would like to tell you that I am who I am, and that I always present that person to everybody, I can’t. I hide behind a mask of sorts. For example, there is a part of me that is very proper and mannerly. That is the person...Read More
The Chosen–have you seen it yet?

The Chosen–have you seen it yet?

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The Chosen series is an original and has not been financed by a TV network or a big movie studio. We (my husband and I) heard about it from friends long before we gave in and watched it. After the first episode we were hooked. I have included in this article hyperlinks to make it easier for you to find the information that you need to watch this series. I added the hyperlinks because, as...Read More